cumin
/ˈkʌmɪn/
noun
- A spice made from the seeds of a plant in the parsley family, used in cooking, especially in Indian, Middle Eastern, and Mexican dishes.
- The recipe calls for ground cumin, but you can also use whole cumin seeds.
- Cumin is a key ingredient in many curry powders.
- She added a teaspoon of cumin to the chili for extra flavor.
- The plant that produces cumin seeds, with small white or pink flowers.
- The fields were filled with rows of flowering cumin.
- Cumin grows best in warm, sunny climates.
- Farmers harvest cumin in the late summer when the seeds are ripe.